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The Fifth Edition of Globo Verde Dominicano is Now Open for Submissions
The Dominican Film Festival (DREFF) is pleased to announce the fifth edition of the first audiovisual competition in the area of environment and sustainable development in the Dominican Republic, the Globo Verde Dominicano Award. This year’s competition will include 4 categories: the recently added Globo Verde Junior, Public Service Announcement, Short Film and Photography.

InteRDom Connects with Latin American Study Abroad Program Professionals in New Mexico at The 2016 AAPLAC Conference
The 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) came to a successful close on Saturday, February 20 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where representatives from the InteRDom program were in attendance.

Photgraphs from the GFDD/Funglode Publication New Perspectives: Dominican Republic Showcased at an Exhibition in Mexico
In collaboration with GFDD/Funglode, the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Mexico presented the photographic exhibition New Perspectives: Dominican Republic, in the framework of the event “Querétaro Amigo del Mundo” (Querétaro Friend of the World), where Dominican Republic participates as guest country from the 16 to 21 of February.

Dominicanness is Honored by the New GFDD/Funglode Publication
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development and its sister institution Funglode launched their newest publication, ALL THINGS DOMINICAN/LO DOMINICANO, February 18th at Librería Cuesta in Santo Domingo. All Things Dominican is a bilingual (Spanish and English) publication that offers a quick and fresh take on the main features of Dominicanness, and the country’s cultural and natural endowments, all from a modern and innovative perspective that’s easy to understand, with an
emphasis on intriguing and little-known details. This book is a way of honoring the richness of the Dominicannes.

“Progress Cannot Be Achieved While Social and Economic Deprivations Persist” States GFDD during the 54th Session of the Commission for Social Development
The Commission which opened on Wednesday February 3, under the priority theme “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world”, held its last day of negotiations on Friday, during which it approved three draft resolutions by the Economic and Social Council with one resolution on Africa’s development.

GFDD/Funglode Call for Greater Cooperation in Technology Transfer and Innovative Financing for Development Mechanisms at ECOSOC Second Dialogue with Civil Society
On behalf of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), GFDD’s UN Programs Manager Marc Jourdan delivered a joint oral statement to ECOSOC on Wednesday February 10th, as part of the second dialogue by ECOSOC with civil society on the longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system. Focusing on ways the UN may adapt to the new requirements of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the
statement calls for the need to strengthen technology transfer in developing countries and highlights the importance of innovative partnerships to free up new sources of development finance.

Leonel Fernández and Ernesto Samper Headed UNASUR’s Electoral Mission to Venezuela
GFDD president Leonel Fernández and Ernesto Samper, former president of Colombia, met this Thursday, February 11, with Venezuelan Head of State Nicolás Maduro prior to the release of a final report on the legislative elections held last December 6 in the South American country.

Newest Fellow Aireona Bonnie Raschke Researches Ecotourism Development in the Caribbean through the Whale Watching Industry in the Dominican Republic
The Fellows Program, an initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE, is happy to introduce its latest scholar Aireona Bonnie Raschke, PhD candidate in Biology and Society at Arizona State University. Aireona’s research focuses on ecotourism development and the whale watching industry in the Caribbean, and its effect on native cetacean species and local communities in the Dominican Republic. Her field work through the Fellows Program will be conducted over the spring and summer of 2016.

Calling All Dominican Law Students – Apply Now to Participate in Prestigious Summer Institute at the University of Washington School of Law
The Global Dominican Academic Exchange Program and the University of Washington School of Law are pleased to open the application period for the second consecutive Summer Institute in Transnational Law and Practice Program, to take place September 2-16, 2016, in Seattle, Washington. Applications will be received until May 6, 2016.

Praising the Memory of the Dominican Patrician Juan Pablo Duarte at the OAS
GFDD joined the Embassy of the Dominican Republic to the White House, the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the Organization of American States (OAS), and the Istituto Duartiano, in celebration of a magisterial conference in memory of the father of the Dominican nation, Juan Pablo Duarte.